Homework tonight:

For the packet, Answer Questions as discussed in your class. If you don't remember where to stop, please answer through Stopping to Think 4. Selected questions are shown below: 

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Activity 15: Digestion – An Absorbing Tale

CCSS _ Science & Literacy

Stopping to Think 2:

    a)      Explain the relationship between food and nutrients.

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    b)      What role(s) does your small intestine play in digestion?

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Stopping to Think 3: Why does blood travel to your liver before transporting nutrients to other parts of your body?

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5)      Answer the following question using the diagram on p. B-25 as a reference.

When people with Celiac disease eat gluten, the villi in the small intestine stop doing their job. Why is it important that these people avoid eating gluten?

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6)      What is the central idea discussed in the section, Getting Rid of Solid Waste?

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Stopping To Think 4: The reading describes three components of human solid waste. Which two of these do you think are the main components?

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